Abstract:Background: The length of patients’ stay in the emergency room is a key measure of service delivery and a marker to measure the quality of care. Studies have shown that patients with psychiatric and substance use disorders have a prolonged length of stay in the emergency room compared to medical and surgical patients. Various factors have been found to contribute to this disparity. Method: This is a retrospective case by case review of four hundred and ninety-three consecutive patients who presented to a commu… Show more
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